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University presidents approve college football playoff starting in 2014 seasonWASHINGTON - College football will finally have a playoff. Come 2014, the BCS is dead. A committee of university presidents on Tuesday approved the BCS commissioners' plan for a four-team playoff to start in the 2014 season. The move completes a six-month ...06/26/2012 - 7:27 pm | View Link

University presidents approve 4-team college football playoffWASHINGTON — College football will finally have a playoff. Come 2014, the BCS is dead. A committee of university presidents on Tuesday approved the BCS commissioners' plan for a four-team playoff to start in the 2014 season. The move completes a six ...06/26/2012 - 3:20 pm | View Link

University presidents approve college football playoff systemWASHINGTON >> The best way to determine a major college football champion seemed so obvious to so many for so long. Just have a playoff. Now the people in charge of making that decision are on board, too. Come 2014, the BCS is out. Playoffs are in.06/26/2012 - 1:00 pm | View Link

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